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AK - Dog - Alaska's Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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AK ST § 09.65.150; Sec. 11.76.130; Sec. 11.76.133
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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AL - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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AL ST § 21-7-4 - 6; § 3-1-7; § 21-7-9; § 32-5A-220
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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AR - Dog - Arkansas Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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AR ST § 20-14-304
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The following statute comprises the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog law.
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AZ - Dog - Arizona's Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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A. R. S. § 11-1024, AZ ST § 11-1024
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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CA - Damages - Injuries to animals; exemplary damages
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CA CIVIL § 3340
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Exemplary damages may be given for injuries to animals committed in disregard of humanity either willfully or through gross negligence.
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CA - Dog - California Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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CA CIVIL § 54 - 55.2; CA EDUC § 39839; CA FOOD & AG § 30850- 30854; CA HLTH & S § 121680; CA VEHICLE § 21963
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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CO - Dog - Colorado Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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CO ST § 18-13-107; § 24-34-801, 803; § 42-4-808
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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CO - Property - Companion Animal Bill
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CO 03-1260 (2003)
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Permits an owner of an injured companion dog or cat under certain circumstances to recover damages for loss of companionship. Imposes an informed consent requirement on a veterinarian before he or she performs a service involving a substantial risk to a companion dog or cat. Exempts a veterinarian under certain circumstances from local and regional companion dog and cat inoculation requirements.
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CT - Dog - Connecticut Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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CT ST § 46a-42; § 46a-44; § 46a-64
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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DE - Dog - Delaware's Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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DE ST TI 16 § 9502 - 9505; DE ST TI 21 § 4144
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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DE - Property - Dogs Deemed Personal Property
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7 Del.C. § 1708
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Dogs are considered personal property in Delaware.
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FL - Dog - Florida's Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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FL ST § 413.08 - 081; FL ST § 316.1303
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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GA - Dog - Georgia's Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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GA ST § 30-4-2 - 4; GA ST § 40-6-94; GA ST § 16-12-120; GA ST § 16-11-107.1
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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HI - Cruelty - Hawaii Cruelty to Animals Provisions
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HI ST § 711-1100 - 1110.5
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Under this Hawaii law, a person commits the misdemeanor offense of cruelty to animals if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly overdrives, overloads, tortures, torments, cruelly beats or starves any animal, deprives a pet animal of necessary sustenance, mutilates, poisons, or kills without need any animal other than insects, vermin, or other pests, or engages in animal fighting enterprises. Dog fighting constitutes a felony where the person owns or trains the dog to fight. The section has enhanced penalties for cruelty to guide or service animals or interference with their duties.
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HI - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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HI ST § 711-1109.4; § 711-1109.5; § 143-4
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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IA - Dogs - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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IA ST § 216C.1 - 11; 321.333
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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ID - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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ID ST § 18-5811 - 55812B; ID ST § 56-705
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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IL - Cruelty Generally - Consolidated Cruelty Statutes (Humane Care for Animals Act)
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IL ST CH 510 § 70/1 - 16.4; IL ST CH 720 § 5/12-35
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This comprehensive Humane Care of Animals Act from Illinois gives the requisite anti-cruelty provisions. "Animal" means every living creature, domestic or wild, but does not include man. Notably, the Act includes a provisions for psychological counseling for a person convicted of violating this section. An individual is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense and a second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony with every day that a violation continues constituting a separate offense. The Act includes special provisions for juveniles and "companion animal hoarders" (510 ILCS 70/2.10). The cruelty provisions are listed at 510 ILCS 70/3.01, 3.02, and 3.03. The statute also prohibits the marketing and distribution of depictions of animal torture or cruelty for entertainment purposes (510 ILCS 70/3.03-1).
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IL - Dogs - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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510 ILCS 70/2.01c; 4.03; 4.04; 510 ILCS 5/15.1; 740 ILCS 13/1 - 10; 720 ILCS 630.001 - 1
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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IL - Service Animal - Damages recoverable for harm or theft of assistance animal
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IL ST CH 740 § 13/10
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Under this Illinois statute, a physically impaired person may bring an action for both economic and noneconomic damages against a person who steals, injures, or attacks his or her assistance animal with hazardous chemicals (provided he or she reasonably knew the guide dog was present and the chemical was hazardous). The economic damages recoverable include veterinary medical expenses, replacement costs, and temporary replacement assistance (provided by person or animal). No cause of action lies where the physically impaired person was committing a civil or criminal trespass at the time of the attack or theft.
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IN - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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IN ST 9-21-17-21; 16-32-3-3; 22-9-6-5; 35-46-3-11.5
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These statutes comprise Indiana's assistance animal/guide dog laws.
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IN - Property - (Repealed by P.L.162-2006, SEC.49.) - Dogs as Personal Property for Taxation
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IN ST 15-5-10-1 - (Repealed by P.L.162-2006, SEC.49.)
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Dogs are considered personal property in Indiana.
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KY - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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KY ST § 525.010 - 220; 258.500, 258.991; 189.575
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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LA - Dog Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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LA R.S. 46:1951 - 1959
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The following comprise Louisiana's assistance animal/guide dog laws.
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MA - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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MA ST 90 § 14A; MA ST 272 § 98A; MA ST 272 § 85B
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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MD - Damages - Pet Injuries; Measure of Damages
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MD CTS & JUD PRO § 11-110
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This Maryland statute provides that the measure of damages for tortious injury or death to a pet is the market value of the pet before the injury, or the cost of veterinary care that does not exceed $7,500.
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MD - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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MD Code, Art. 24, § 11-502; MD HUMAN SERV § 7-701 - 709
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The following statutes comprise Maryland's relevant assistance animal/guide dog laws.
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ME - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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ME ST T. 17 § 1311 - 1316; ME ST T. 26 §§ 1420-A - 1420-B
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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MI - Dogs - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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MCL 287.291 and MCL 750.50a; MCL 752.52; 752.61 - 63; MCL 750.502c
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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MI - Exotic Pets - Animal Industry; Large Carnivore Act
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MI ST 287.1101-1123
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This Michigan law bans acquisition and possession of large carnivores (big cats and bears), though it “grandfathered” animals already owned as pets at the time of the law's enactment. In order to maintain public safety and animal welfare, the state created a strict permit system for those owners who were allowed to keep their already-existing pets. The statute also outlines minimal care requirements, transportation guidelines, and procedures for when a large carnivore suspected of carrying rabies bites a human or livestock.
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MI - Statute of Limitations - Injuries to persons or property
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MI ST 600.5805
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This Michigan statute outlines the statute of limitations for injuries to persons or property. Under the statute, actions for malpractice have a two-year statute of limitation.
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MN - Dog - Assistance Animals/Guide Dog Laws
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MN ST § 169.202; 343.20; 343.21; 363A.09; 363A.19; 256C.001 - 256C.06
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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MO - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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MO ST 209.150, 152, 160, 162, 200, 202, 204; 304.080
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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MS - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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MS ST § 43-6-1 - 15; § 97-41-21
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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MT - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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MT ST 49-4-202 - 217; 61-8-516
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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NC - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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NC ST § 14-163.1
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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ND - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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ND ST 25-13-01 - 05
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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NE - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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NE ST § 54-603; NE ST § 28-1009.01
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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NH - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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NH ST § 21-P:37-a; 167-C:2; 167-D:1 - 9; 265:41-a
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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NJ - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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NJ ST 2A:42-109; 10:5-5; 10:5-29.1 - 4; 39:4-37.1; 48:3-33; App. A:9-43.2; 2C:29-3.1
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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NM - Dogs - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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NM ST § 28-7-4; § 28-11-1 - 5; § 77-1-15.1
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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NM - Property - Dogs, cats, domesticated fowls and birds are personal property
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NM ST § 77-1-1
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Dogs, cats and domestic birds are considered personal property in New Mexico.
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NV - Dogs - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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NV ST 118.105; 426.097; 426.099; 426.510; 426.515; 426.790; 426.805; 426.810; 426.820; 426.328; 426.330; 651.075; 704.145; and 706.366
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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NV - Property - Personal Property Defined (Pets)
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NV ST 193.021
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Dogs, domestic animals and birds are considered personal property in Nevada.
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NV - Wildlife - Wildlife defined
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NV ST § 501.097
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"Wildlife" means any wild mammal, wild bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, mollusk or crustacean found naturally in a wild state, whether indigenous to Nevada or not and whether raised in captivity or not.
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NY - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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NY AGRI & MKTS § 108, 110, 119, and 121; NY GEN OBLIG § 11-107
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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NY - Dogs - Consolidated Dog Laws
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McKinney's Agriculture and Markets Law § 106 - 127, 331 - 332, 400 - 407; McKinney's ECL §§ 11-0529, 11-0901 - 0931, 11-2117; McKinney's General Business Law §§ 399-aa, 751 - 755; McKinney's General Municipal Law § 88, 209cc; McKinney's General Obligations Law § 11-107; McKinney's Lien Law § 183; McKinney's Public Health Law § 1310, 505-a, 2140 - 2146; McKinney's Town Law § 130; McKinney's Vehicle and Traffic Law § 601
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These New York statutes comprise the state's dog laws. Among the provisions include state licensing requirements, the sale of dogs by pet dealers, rabies control laws, and provisions related to dogs and hunting.
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NY - Service Animal - Compensation for harm to a guide, hearing or service dog
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NY GEN OBLIG § 11-107
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Under this New York statute, a disabled person whose guide, hearing or service dog is injured due to the negligence of the owner of another dog in handling that other dog may recover damages from the owner or custodian of the non-guide guide dog. These damages include veterinarian fees, replacement or retraining costs for the guide dog, lost wages, or damages for loss of mobility during retraining or replacement of the dog.
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OK - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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OK ST T. 7 § 12; 7 OK ST T. 7 § 19.1 - 19.2; OK ST T. 21 § 649.3; OK ST T. 41 § 113.1
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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OK - Property - Crimes against Property (Dogs are Personal Property)
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21 Okl.St.Ann. § 1717
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Dogs are considered personal property in Oklahoma.
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OR - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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OR ST § 346.610 - 991; 167.352; 609.100
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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OR - Dog guide - Damages recoverable for harm or theft of assistance animal
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OR ST § 346.687
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This Oregon statute provides that a physically impaired person who uses an assistance animal or the owner of an assistance animal may bring an action for economic and noneconomic damages against any person who steals or, without provocation, attacks the assistance animal. The measure of economic damages shall include the replacement value of an equally trained assistance animal and any other costs and expenses, including costs of temporary replacement assistance services, whether provided by another assistance animal or a person. If the injured animal recovers, the damages the measure of economic damages shall include the veterinary medical expenses and costs of temporary replacement assistance services. A cause of action will not be maintained where the individual with the assistance animal was committing a civil or criminal trespass.
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OR - Property - Dogs as Personal Property
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OR ST § 609.020
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Dogs are considered personal property in Oregon.
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PA - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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3 P.S. § 459-102; 3 Pa.C.S.A. § 459-502; 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5511
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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RI - Property - Companion Animals/Pets - House Bill 6119 (Rhode Island People Are Guardians of Companion Animals)
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Rhode Island H.6119 (2001)
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This Rhode Island bill created the term "guardian" to mean a person who possesses, has title to or an interest in, harbors or has control, custody or possession of an animal and who is responsible for an animal's safety and well-being. In adopting this term, Rhode Island became the first state to recognize that an individual is the guardian of a companion animal (not merely owner).
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SD - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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SD ST § 20-13-23.4; 32-27-7 - 8; 40-1-38 - 40
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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TN - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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TN ST § 44-17-404; TN § 39-14-208
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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TN - Liability - Liability for death of pet; damages; exemptions
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TN ST § 44-17-403
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This Tennessee statute provides that a pet owner may seek non-economic damages up to $5,000 for the death of his or her pet against the person who is liable for causing the death or injuries that led to the animal's death. The person causing the pet's death must have done so intentionally or, if negligently, the incident must have occurred either on the owner or pet caretaker's property or while in the control and supervision of the caretaker. These damages are not for the intentional infliction of emotional distress of the owner or other civil claim, but rather for the direct loss of "reasonably expected society, companionship, love and affection of the pet."
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TX - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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TX GOVT § 661.910; TX HUM RES § 121.002 - 007; TX PENAL § 42.091; TX TRANSP § 552.008
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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US - Civil Rights - Civil Action for Deprivation of Civil Rights
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42 U.S.C.A. 1983
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Statute providing for immunity for persons operating under "color of law".
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US - Crimes - § 43. Force, violence, and threats involving animal enterprises
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18 USCS § 43
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This federal law provides for crime and penalties for animal enterprise terrorism.
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US - Importation - Crimes for Importation
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18 USCS § 42
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Under this federal law, no importation of dangerous animals is permitted.
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US - Importation - Fraud and False Statements
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18 USCS § 1001 (2005)
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Under this federal law, fraudulent statements, orally or in writing, may result in a fine and or imprisonment.
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US - Importation - Mailing of Injurious Article
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18 USCS § 1716 (2005)
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All kinds of poison, all articles and compositions containing poison, all poisonous animals, insects, reptiles, all explosives, inflammable materials, infernal machines, and mechanical, chemical, or other devices or compositions which may ignite or explode, all disease germs or scabs, and all other natural or artificial articles, compositions, or material which may kill or injure another, or injure the mails or other property, whether or not sealed as first-class matter, are nonmailable matter and shall not be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or station thereof, nor by any officer or employee of the Postal Service.
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US - Lacey Act - Conspiracy Statute
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18 USCS § 371 (2005)
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If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the conspiracy, is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy shall not exceed the maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor.
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US - Trade - Tariff Act of 1930
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19 USCS § 1481 et seq. (2005)
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This federal law outlines the requirements for importation invoices.
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UT - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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UT ST § 62A-5b-101 - 107; § 41-6a-1007; § 18-1-3; § 76-9-307
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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UT - Guide Dog - Damages recoverable for harm to or theft of assistance animal
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UT ST § 78-20-102
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This Utah statute provides that a person with a disability who uses an assistance animal, or the owner of an assistance animal has a cause of action for economic and noneconomic damages against a person who steals the animal or a person whose animal attacks the assistance animal due to the negligence of that person. The measure of damages is the replacement value for an equally trained assistance animal, the costs incurred by the owner (including the costs for continued assistance by either a person or another animal, the costs to recover a stolen animal, court costs, and attorney fees), or costs incurred for the recovery of the assistance animal, such as veterinary medical expenses, expenses in finding the animal (including rewards), and costs in bringing a court action.
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VA - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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VA ST § 3.1-796.87; § 46.2-933; § 51.5-44 - 51.5-46; § 3.1-796.128:1
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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VT - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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VT ST T. 9 § 4502; VT ST T. 23 § 1057
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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WA - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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WA ST 9.91.170; 49.60.010 - 040; 49.60.370 - 380; 70.84.010 - 900
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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WI - Cats - Question 62 - DEFEATED
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Wisconsin 2005 Question 62
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This controversial measure would have allowed hunters to hunt any cat that was found free roaming, meaning it did not exhibit a collar or other signs of domestic ownership. At the Monday, April 11, 2005 meeting of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, those in favor of the feral cat hunting proposal approved the measure by a vote of 6,830 to 5,201. This approval was then forwarded to the state Natural Resources Board for consideration. Proponents of the measure suggest feral cats expose domestic animals to disease and endanger native songbirds. Opponents of the measure counter that such a law would be cruel and archaic, putting domestic cats who have escaped from their homes at risk of death. On May 25, 2005 at the Natural Resources Board regular spring meeting, a representative of the Congress indicated that the Executive Committee has declined to pursue the issue any further. (See the official meeting minutes at page 5 at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/nrboard/minutes/M05/0505%20minutes.pdf). Feral cat advocates claimed a public relations victory, as the measure gained national and even international criticism. (See Alley Cat Allies at http://www.alleycat.org/wi.html). (For more on the procedural history of this measure, see the "Long Summary" under the "Statute Details" above).
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WI - Dogs - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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WI ST 106.52; 346.26
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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WV - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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WV ST § 5-15-1 - 8; 19-20-2
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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WY - Dog - Assistance Animal/Guide Dog Laws
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WY ST § 35-13-201 - 206
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The following statutes comprise the state's relevant assistance animal and guide dog laws.
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